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CUTTING CRASHES ON RURAL ROADS : CHRISTINE O'CONNOR REPORTS ON ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S PROGRAMME TO USE ITS TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY

Christine O'Connor

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This article describes efforts by the Arizona Department of Transportation to use Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies to improve safety, particularly in rural areas. Focus is on the popular I-40 corridor and Grand Canyon National Park in Northern Arizona. Goals of the program include a commercially driven statewide system which provides tourist information, supports commercial vehicle operations, and offers a source of transit and road weather information system to provide real-time information to warn travellers and maintenance personnel of adverse weather conditions.

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This article describes efforts by the Arizona Department of Transportation to use Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies to improve safety, particularly in rural areas. Focus is on the popular I-40 corridor and Grand Canyon National Park in Northern Arizona. Goals of the program include a commercially driven statewide system which provides tourist information, supports commercial vehicle operations, and offers a source of transit and road weather information system to provide real-time information to warn travellers and maintenance personnel of adverse weather conditions.

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This article describes efforts by the Arizona Department of Transportation to use Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies to improve safety, particularly in rural areas. Focus is on the popular I-40 corridor and Grand Canyon National Park in Northern Arizona. Goals of the program include a commercially driven statewide system which provides tourist information, supports commercial vehicle operations, and offers a source of transit and road weather information system to provide real-time information to warn travellers and maintenance personnel of adverse weather conditions.

Key concepts: Tourism, Transport engineering, Intelligent transportation system, Transit (satellite), Geographic information system, Business, Engineering, Public transport

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